Scooter



Get. 25, 1938. J; c, RUZICH 2,134,318

SCOOTER Filed July 51, 19s? J'd/wv 67/4945: Fuzz/1 INVENTOR.

' ATTORNEY.

Patented Oct. 25, 1938 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 1 Claim.

My invention relates to improvements in scooters.

More especially the invention pertains to scooters of the type ordinarily used by children in play in which the device is operated by the limb of the child not used to support; the body thereon, the device being guided by the hands of the child by grasping handle bars on the device.

An important object of the invention is to provide a child's scooter having improved manipulating means whereby the device may be operated with greater ease and accuracy while maintaining the 'childs balance in turning and maneuvering and with less chance of overturning.

A further object of the invention is to improve in general in regard to simplicity and sturdiness of construction and cheapness in manufacture, having in View the thought of enhancing mechanical appeal to children indulging in the kind of sport for which the device is intended.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent in the disclosure following:

A preferred embodiment of the invention is shown in the accompanying sheetof drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a plan view of the device,

Fig. 2 is a side elevation with some portions removed to show underlying structure otherwise concealed from view, and,

Fig. 3 is a front elevation, some parts of the View being broken away to contract the View.

Referring in detail to the drawing the upstandable scooter body 5 is preferably a sheet metal casing the front walls 6 meet at an obtuse outwardly directed angle at the mid-width of said casing, and the bottom or floor walls 1 of which are downwardly directed and also meet at the mid-width of said casing. Said casing also has side walls 8 and a partial back wall 9, substantially the upper half of the back of said casing being left open in order that said casing may be used to contain toys or other articles, possibly groceries, if the child using the scooter can be induced to do a useful errand while playing with the device. The casing 5 is completed by means of a top or cover portion I0, permanently secured to its top by any suitable means, for example, welding. Said cover has riveted or otherwise secured to it the flattened portions 1 I of the handle bars 12, said handle bars preferably extending at a right angle to each other as shown. The front walls 6 of the casing may be fluted at 6a to give them an ornamental appearance and to strengthen them.

To the bottom portion of the casing 5 is secured a broadly V-shaped base plate 14 which forms a supporting saddle for said casing, and

which is furnished with an upwardly directed back plate 15, thereby adapting this saddle member for reinforcing the lower back portion of the casing 5. At its front end said base plate has a 5 bifurcated foot 20 furnished with the ground wheel 2|.

From the upwardly directed part I5 of the base plate extend backwardly directed apertured ears 22 to receive a bolt 23 whereby a similarly bifurcated draw head 24 is pivotally attached to the casing 5. Said head 24 has a downwardly inclined stem 25 to which is bolted or riveted the upwardly inclined nose portion 26 of the foot stand 21. A ground wheel 28 secured to the foot stand by a depending bifurcated foot 29 completes this part of the structure. 7

The foot stand 21 is shown furnished with a marginal, depending flange 3!! and its upper surface has pebbled or otherwise roughened areas 3| and32 to prevent the childs foot from slipping.

The upwardly inclined bottom walls 1 of the casing 5 enable the child to turn sharp curves more safely because they do not contact the roadbed or side walk even when the casing is inclined considerably to one side or the other to offset centrifugal force.

One reason why this scooter is very strong and durable is that the same casting I4 which affords a mounting means for the front ground wheel 2| also is furnished with a means for attachment to the swiveled connection with the foot stand 21, which is supported by the rear ground wheel 28.

Although I have described my invention in detail and therefore utilized certain specific terms 35 and language herein, it is to be understood that the present disclosure is illustrative rather than restrictive and that changes and modifications other than those shown my be resorted to without departing from the spirit or the scopeof the subject matter claimed appended hereto.

What is claimed:

In a scooter an ups'tandable body having a rearwardly extending handle bar mounted upon its upper portion and having bottom surfaces 7 which meet along its mid-width in a downwardly directed angle, an angular casting into the angle of which the rear bottom portion of said body is fitted and to which it is secured, a ground wheel secured to the portion of said casting which underlies said body, the upstanding portion of said casting having rearwardly projecting apertured ears, a wheel-supported foot stand, and a pivot extending through said ears and attaching said foot stand to said body.

. JOHN C. RUZICH. 

